Bonjour, I am Damien 👋. I am an Assistant Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at the Université de Montréal, where I co-lead the Montréal HCI group. I am also an associate academic member of Mila and an IVADO professor. Previously, I completed a postdoc at the University of Toronto and received my PhD from the University of Waterloo.
Most of my work focuses on building systems that prioritize thoughtful interaction design to effectively solve tasks. Often, this involves going beyond traditional UI and interaction seen in software today. My current research interests include (but are not limited to):
- Designing intelligent systems (see supercharging trial-and-error and DirectGPT)
- Visualizing information (see Charagraph and ChartDetective)
- Augmenting digital documents (see Chameleon, Statslator, and my PhD thesis)
Latest News
Oct 2024
🗣 Invited keynote speaker for the SEMTL meeting at the Université de Montréal
Oct 2024
Jun 2024
🗣 Presenting my PhD thesis at GI'24 in Halifax
May 2024
🏆 Received the "Bill Buxton Award" (outstanding HCI dissertation award)!
May 2024
🗣 Presenting DirectGPT at CHI'24 in Honolulu
Apr 2024
🏅 DirectGPT received a honorable mention award at CHI'24!
Mar 2024
🗣 Presenting my PhD thesis at IHM'24 in Paris
Mar 2024
🏆 Received the "Prix de thèse AFIHM" (best HCI dissertation award)!